Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HEFFINGTON, JOHN M

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2145 2172 2177 2179

This examiner grants 40% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

39.8%
Allow Rate
-15.2% vs TC avg
472
Total Applications
+30.0%
Interview Lift
1858
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 432 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
9.9%
§102 Novelty
87.4%
§103 Obviousness
1.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17951656 USER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING HANDWRITING CONTENT Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17536390 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17910088 Cross-Device Application Invoking Method and Electronic Device Final Rejection Honor Device Co., Ltd.
17870860 EQUIPMENT SERVER, DEVICE SERVER, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17793410 EQUIPMENT SERVER, DEVICE SERVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MESSAGE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17925257 File Application Method and Apparatus Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17878742 Curated Media Library Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17644900 SHIELDED SUPERCONDUCTING QUBIT WITH IMPROVED COHERENCE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17237252 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PART TRACKING USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
17409312 PERFORMANCE PROFILER OF THIRD PARTY AUTOMATIONS Non-Final OA T-MOBILE USA, INC.
17209782 Model Decisions Based On Speculative Execution Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
17049032 CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
15832809 PRESENTING SUGGESTIONS FOR USER INPUT BASED ON CLIENT DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS Non-Final OA VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
17595197 MACHINE LEARNING TECHNICS WITH SYSTEM IN THE LOOP FOR OIL & GAS TELEMETRY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITED
17645122 DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM Final Rejection Optum Services (Ireland) Limited
17901864 HANDLING LOCAL APPLICATION EVENTS WHILE WORKING ON REMOTE DESKTOPS Final Rejection Omnissa, LLC
17232812 SPECTRAL DATA PROCESSING FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS Non-Final OA AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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